Data standard: Hospitalization and ICU data

ccodwg / CovidDataStandard

A data and metadata standard for COVID-19 data in Canada.

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Open jeanpaulrsoucy opened 3 years ago

jeanpaulrsoucy commented 3 years ago

Differences in reporting of hospitalization/ICU data across regions/over time:

Removing people from the count if they no longer test positive, even if they are still being treated for complications of COVID-19
Admissions to hospital "with" COVID-19 versus "from" COVID-19
Why comparing COVID-19 hospitalization numbers between provinces isn't apple to apples (CBC News)
Secrecy over B.C.'s true number of hospitalized COVID-19 patients (CTV News)

jeanpaulrsoucy commented 1 year ago

Interesting blog post from Public Health Scotland discussing hospital admissions 'with' versus 'because of' COVID-19: Why we are changing our COVID-19 reporting.